Martin Galway - Wizball (C64) [Title Music]

[@Fensta]

Martin Galway and Rob Hubbard were like J.S Bach and Beethoven to me back then. Legends.

[@bensons999]

Martin Galway is my god.

[@Slaindarr]

My word, sir/madam, but I was just about to type, largely, the same thing. Certainly the same two names.

[@achoenk74]

Not to forget Chris Hülsbeck!

[@quadpad_music]

@@achoenk74 - Or Tim Follin.

[@gatemansg1]

@CreaTbJ ! or Jeroen Tel!

[@gildan]

First game I ever loaded on my C64 ... and I heard this.... and I was just like...... jaw dropped

[@mingtooter]

I wrote a whole story about Wizball and illustrated it with crayons. 28 years old.

[@brightmasih3501]

Mesmerising even now decades after i first heard it. Pure talent. The game was awesome too.

[@YourBeingParanoid]

I can still smell my friends bedroom and the hairs stand up on my arms when I hear this wonderful piece of art again Then the tears... ...where has life gone for me and my childhood dreams?

[@VelvetViolator]

So true, bro !

[@JonasRosenven]

It's crazy how memories and smell is connected. I loaded up interceptor for the Amiga a few days ago. When the music started I could smell my bedroom back from 1988. I had just gotten the game and my friend who "only" had a c64 was visiting to see the Amiga 500. I washed my wooden floor in soap an hour before he got there. It was magical. The leap in graphics was greater than anything we had ever seen before and ever were to see again. Seeing and listening to the Amiga 500 was like being transported into the future.

[@sausage6984]

Smells of spunk and tears of joy

[@YourBeingParanoid]

@@JonasRosenven for me - shadow of the beast 2 was my goto "blow my visiting friend's mind" of choice

[@JonasRosenven]

@@YourBeingParanoid Pretty good choice, Steven. The prettiest game I saw at that time was probably Shadow of the beast 1. The startup screen with all the scrolling and the music was pretty neat. Didn't enjoy playing it though. First amiga game I ever saw was Barbarian by psygnosis. Boy was that shite too? I did absolutely wow me when I saw it. A friend said he got the amiga and I rode my bike to his place to see it. I just came to his house from playing..whatever on the c64..and saw that. The novelty wore off quickly but it made be get an amiga :)

[@ZizZap4]

Wait a minute this isn't the main theme for the Platypus ShMUp

[@FeenieVonKarma]

Just stunning. Still have happy memories of playing co-op with mum - she was the wizard and I was the cat! She also beat the whole game by herself. I loved watching that game.

[@TheRationalizer]

Reminds me of hours playing 2 player mode (wizard + cat) with my best friend. I should give him a call and see how he is doing.

[@cfwbdude]

I loved this game and completed it many times back in the day, a fantastic unique crazy game. The title music me and my friends would listen to alot. Platoon game music was awesome too.

[@Rooneysithmaster]

Just gives me goosebumps, the music of the C64 was why i loved the machine so much. Id just load games up to hear the music. Wizball is just a beautiful piece of music.

[@Bikinianer]

This tune gives me the shivers ... amazing!!!

[@flatcapman]

+Bikinianer it's epic sounding and a lot like tripy trance music

[@Bikinianer]

+Lloyd Duff I think you mean psychodelic trance music? This tune was made in the year of 1987, long time before psychodelic music comes popular. It is just a great C64 tune from one of the master of c64 music >>> Martin Galway.

[@flatcapman]

Bikinianer I agree but it has a trance like feel to it. They didn't know tecno till Rhyham is a dancer hit the scene

[@Bikinianer]

That's true, it feels like trance music a lot.

[@flatcapman]

Bikinianer well everything gets a humble start somewhere its possible this could had inspired people then

[@m1serfreed477]

Another timeless classic, this and Terra Cresta, from a different planet

[@prltqdf9]

Thanks for the tip on Terra Cresta. It's rare to discover a C-64 tune that is actually a good one.

[@bjrnen8505]

Man, it's so clean. It's always been beautiful. I never did play the game but I have been using my C64 since 1988. Probably got introduced to the computer and it's sound in 1985. But I do love this track. Both original and the Back in Time track on the very first cd. It's funny how different C64 composers have their own style. Ben Daglish, Rob Hubbard, Martin Galway, Jeroen Tel, Reyn Ouwehand. Oh, Jonathan Dunn did the brilliant Ocean loader tune. No chance I could name all the SID composers. You know what? Tons of tunes goes well with urbs and alcohol. Don't tell me the 'S' in SID doesn't stand for Shrooms.

[@TanorFauxofOltanis]

Another awesome one from one of the godfathers of C64 music. Ben Daglish, Rob Hubbard, Martin Galway, Tim Follin, and Tel.

[@garethjones8988]

One of best C64 game title music ever!.

[@flatcapman]

+Gareth Jones I totally agree. It was mind blowing then and still holds up today

[@m1serfreed477]

Yes I agree, I used to love this tune and I still do to this day, timeless

[@red110tdi]

The best game

[@stop5gdotnet574]

Reyn vs Martin Galway - Wizball kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoW2hoVph62bb68

[@MephProduction]

nah, it's a bit repetitive and ear bleeding, it hasn't got a tune

[@IanMicheal]

The best computer doing the best this music talk's to the soul it makes me tear up every time.. i grew up i played this game with my mother in coop here being the cat

[@TheRainblossoms]

Omg the cat! I forgot someone could play the cat as a dual player! Watch out for the filth.

[@DCHurlford1]

I owned Wizball (on tape) back in '87. The game would definately be in my Top 10 greatest C64 games of all time and the music likewise.

[@JoergOberle]

It's just mind-boggling how good this song is.

[@mcduckuk]

This is a stunning song. Probably my favourite C64 game. I completed it, kind of. It started again once I'd finished! 😅

[@HeyLaserLips]

Completely agree. The game, the playability, the music. EVERYTHING about this game was just simply brilliant. Best game on the C64 ever! Martin Galway was the king of SID music for me!

[@TallGraham]

Wow, reminded about this game via a Steve Wilson song comment! Still have my C64 and this game, but haven't played it in many years, can still hear my parents TV speaker struggling with this one!

[@Yourname942]

this song gives me chills

[@gildan]

One of THE best C64 games and one of THE best game musics of all time...

[@stunthumb]

Totally - the C64 version of Wizball was about the best, it deserves such a great soundtrack. You can get it for iPad and iPhone now, it's part of the C64 emulator for iOS - I play it with my iCade cabinet for ultimate authenticity.

[@Mr_Wiley]

All of a sudden I feel badly for hearing and falling in love with Platypus's theme first.

[@SpaceDiscord]

I feel you pal 😢

[@Mr_Wiley]

@@SpaceDiscord Thanks for the blast from the past! 7 years wow.

[@eberhardhermann3538]

Sick, in a really positive way of course. I love this epic tune over a period of decades.

[@Popmetalj]

I remember this game so well. Loved playing it and the music is fantastic! Thank you for putting this up!

[@mooseboots8189]

Amazing music and such a great game. The bass synth that kicks in, stunning!

[@tausendstein]

such a fucking good game and what a fucking incredible music it was...memories !!! often played it with my best friend.

[@flatcapman]

+tausendstein the C-64 had some brilliant games

[@marksims68]

Incredible piece, I've been listening to it since 1987 (yes, when Wizball was released) and still love it. Timeless, like the C64!!!

[@mazeriebee7219]

Best game ever. Completely. Ever. My childhood right here

[@C64Forever72]

Played throught it on christmas 88 together with a friend. The friend is long gone, but this music still stands out!

[@stooart2008]

one of the best compositions ion the humble old C64.

[@adrianhendy]

You forgot Daley Thompsons Decathlon. My first game with a loading tune - and it was a YMO cover! The great and wonderful Rydeen

[@Kodetze]

My hair is simply standing on an end, I have complete goosebumps. To be able to create this legenadary piece of music with that "primitive" sound-module is............

[@Phacioco89]

This is definitely the Top of Games music! Best Time of my life! Think of it every day!

[@DangerMike77]

Martin Galway and Rob Hubbard :D

[@elksie5000]

I remember buying this game about three weeks after Zzap! 64 rated as ace from Boots in Hanley. I beat the game in three days or so, but kept coming back to it simply because it was such a genius creation. To the duo; jops and erm... you are Gods...

[@datashat]

first game i loaded up on christmas morning 1989 or whenever it was. aww.

[@flatcapman]

wow the SID chip kicks ass. This makes me proud I owned a C64

[@Offensive_Username]

+Lloyd Duff Some people just can't get over the past.

[@flatcapman]

+Flag "first", "sandstorm" and "301 club" comments as spam for a surprise Or some people simply never owned a C-64 and enjoyed the games and the brilliant music. The intro to Wizball on the Amiga sounded like shit

[@TheRainblossoms]

The C64 was a masterpiece. Don't let any jackass punk tell you otherwise.

[@nichderjeniche]

@@TheRainblossoms a cheaply produced masterpiece, without a reset switch and a joystick port1 which interferes with the keyboard, as Commodores focus was always on cost reduction. and later models were even cheaper manufactured (card board RF shield etc.) but nevertheless I always loved my C64s.

[@AnTiBoDyNL]

Amazing track by an amazing musician!

[@Kn0wOneNos3]

haha, this is great. I actually missed out on this whole era of gaming, and the reason I'm here is because I saw that this guy was listed as an influence for one of my favorite game music composers, Michiel van den Bos. there are some epic shred guitar solos to be had over that progression from 1:40 onward. I'm betting someone has actually done a cool guitar cover of this tune. will have to look it up later, mm-hmm.

[@MistahHeffo]

Yep.. Someone DID do a cool cover kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoW2hoVph62bb68

[@milly-sy4bc]

Platypus, comic bakery, jurassic park have the same theme.

[@fl00d69]

Nothing less than absolute genius.

[@Z-Mat]

Der Sound ist genauso geil wie das Spiel selbst! Wizball C64 ist einfach Zauberhaft !!!

[@gildan]

Easily one of the best 64 games and easily one of the best soundtracks....

[@ianyeomans6246]

legendary reminder of my well spent youth, thanks :)

[@thelanxinator]

And the bass is low on your sid! Do this with a good one and your funiture starts wandering. Legend!

[@thenerdwhodances]

Wow. This is amazing. My jaw dropped as well. This is a true gem.

[@themighty6]

wow great music, great game, I did not finish the game at the time, But I got the c64 version for my pc and finished the game, with a little help with extra lifes bloody hard, I used to love playing this game with my brother great post

[@daibonehead]

96% and no gold medal. Mental.

[@mikkosalokannel5561]

amazing... so much memories! one of the best for sure =)

[@analogmoz]

Galway is God.

[@JonEyv]

When someone is blessed and makes his best is god so he is god

[@Nemspy]

Oh God how I loved this game. Possibly in my Commodore 64 top 5. For some reason my C64 begun to freeze up every time the game loaded -- I'd get the opening bar of the tune and then total freeze -- it would work on my friend's machine flawlessly and we used to swap keyboards every now and then for a while so I could get my Wizfix on. Then, after several years, my 64 inexplicably started working again. never did work out what was causing it.

[@FatTomHenry8]

a game from a time when programmers knew exactly how to use the little space they had. no loading necessary. It stood completely in the memory. a masterpiece!

[@malkytrance]

Absolutely one of of the best bits of music and also best game played so well so good,

[@boukevanderbijl]

This... is.... beautiful

[@specialist10000]

Nice video Nettoyeur71 Older i get more appreciate i get. Thank you Mr.Martin Galway

[@highdoppler]

Oh hey, now I realize Martin Remixed all of his C64 Soundtracks into the Platypus 1 Soundtrack.

[@kraxie]

No, but all his music was remixed by others for the Platypus soundtrack.

[@highdoppler]

Aaah, gotcha.

[@ariafebrian7939]

Martin galway is also a creator of platypus game

[@dominickeefe2454]

Outstanding theme. A prog rock classic in 8 bit.

[@MrGavinconner]

I love the sound of the Sid chip, For its day it was way above everything else. Thanks for posting. My favourite Wizball though has to be the Atari ST main theme, that just pure kicks butt:)

[@NULUSIOS]

Fantastic.

[@cheynaisacountry]

HOLY BUTT. This is the menu song for Platypus too!! :D

[@threalMrT76]

I don't know why now, but back when I had a C64 and then an Amiga I erroneously thought that Brian May had made the music for this...........on e of my top 10 game musics..........

[@flatcapman]

+threalMrT76 I had the same

[@stevelong3007]

Same guys that brought you Sensible Soccer .. Quality goods!

[@FatTomHenry8]

this is the masterpiece on the c64 for me.

[@muhnafizhfauzan]

Oh wow... This is beautiful soundtrack, I love to similar platypus!

[@darkzones3d612]

after 30 minutes searching this and finding new games andbmusic in the process i reach the ost and images i was finding for. climax

[@giuliobarbosky]

gioco incredibile.bellissimi ricordi

[@TimChuma]

There was a symphony orchestra performance of C64 music but not sure it included this

[@HeyLaserLips]

My favourite C64 game. I could never play this properly with a joystick but I later discovered a Mega Drive control pad worked as it's the same input. THEN I completed it. :-P

[@markowe]

Amazing music, and beautiful game too. TOTALLY original. The wicked electric guitar is amazing (I think it's the death music). I put it on my mobile phone as my ringtone for when I got a message, but it just got a bit too in-your-face when it used to go off in the post office or whatever..!

[@thyzzie]

Even though I still fail big time on this game, I start my olde C64 every other day to listen to tunes like these. :)

[@raphael.cavalcanti3301]

Holy shit! This is perfect!

[@thabudmaster]

GREAT game, loved playing 2 players on the same team

[@stefanosias7422]

Truly remarkable.

[@startledbunny]

Bringing back happy memories for me.

[@rinner2801]

Why can't I give this all of the likes?

[@nickjerrat]

a masterpiece

[@flexi0n]

simply a masterpiece

[@lillydoye7418]

This title music is the reason this is my goto test/demo programming for C64.

[@christianherbst674]

There is still magic in this world...

[@psirou]

Never played a C64 in my life, but this track is a masterpiece. As a music lover, I can safely say this easily stands comparison with progressive rock masterpieces from King Crimson, Yes et al.

[@zark212]

hehe, awesome. I never did get all the colours in that pot. I must go and get the C64 out and prove to myself that i can do it. Call of duty - who needs it. Thanks for sharing.

[@m1serfreed477]

This is the reason I need a time machine.

[@prltqdf9]

I still haven't heard a cover that equals this original.

[@bjornkarlsson7364]

Martin is a fantastic composer.

[@BroniusMotekaitis]

I would like to hear the Wizball "High Score" groove. That was kickin'. I had recorded it to casette and bumped to it in the car audio in college.

[@hyphz]

@SaroferZ I think Martin Galway himself said he actually had no idea how he composed the opening section and was really disappointed that he couldn't continue it or do it again!

[@Discern4]

man that's well put together. I didn't realize you could simulate a filter effect with SIDs (1:20). And all those delay effects...sounds like a lot of work to me.

[@kb1337]

That's not a simulation, the SID has got one multi-mode filter (lowpass/bandpass/highpass/notch) that it can apply to any voice.

[@klaxoncow]

@@kb1337 More over, it was an analogue filter on an otherwise digital chip. Which is a unique combination that gives the SID its characteristic sound, as it crosses the analogue / digital divide like pretty much nothing else does or ever did.

[@kojichao7096]

Love this song. Gorgeous.

[@Holodoc76]

Never understood the game but loved the soundtrack

[@YouGruff]

Used to love playing this game

[@SaroferZertaga]

Mesmerizing; thats the only word i can describe this beuatiful song with";;"

[@AndrewBishop1971]

I really used to love this game

[@n8oog]

@TypoCandar Me 2!! I have it stashed in the closet, but once a year i've this urge to plug it in and play some oooools school games .. so awesome.

[@vapourmile]

One of the best pieces of music on the 64.

[@SaroferZertaga]

@hyphz Well, i here a lot of volume shifts and delayed instrumet envelopment; if im correct. Although these techincques might have been harder to program in 1987 then today ^__^. Lol, i think im gonna try compose this song myself on my own commodore 64; just to see exactly where the opening section becomes hard to fix.

[@PooperScooperTrooper]

Great tune and fantastic game! (though I was a speccy owner at the time...class game on the spectrum...even better on the ST)

[@riversonthemoon]

I loved this game. My mother even got into it and she would kick my ass at it (as she did with Bubble Bobble) when we would compete for high score. Played it on an emulator recently, but it's not the same. I need to find some way of using a game controller because using the keyboard sucks. Anyone know how?

[@rockford1608]

Mr G. - take a bow. This is goosebump-tastic.